Yesterday, we featured the Cy Young Birthday Quote of the Day, today we featured the Alex Bregman Baseball Quote of the Day. 127 year age differential.
Bregman was born on March 30, 1994. He was the second player selected in the 2015 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. In the 2016 season, he hit .264 with the Astros and showed real potential.
In honor of the Alex Bregman future, he is today's recipient of the Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day,
"He exudes a confidence and a work ethic and a complete focus that is special."
--Mark Elias
Happy Birthday to the great Cy Young, born on this day in 1867. What a career---most wins in baseball history with 511, most innings pitched with 7356, most starts with 815 and most complete games with 749. Without a doubt, the complete game record will never ever come close to being broken.
What award did Cy Young get for being the best pitcher in baseball?---sounds like one of those Stephen Wright/Jerry Seinfeld routines.
In honor of arguably the greatest pitcher of all-time, Cy Young, he gets our Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day,
"My boy, I can't remember anyone loading the bases on me."
--Cy Young, asked what pitch he liked to throw when the bases were loaded
Happy 30th Birthday to one of the best player's in baseball and a future Hall of Famer in Buster Posey.
What a resume. In his career with the Giants, starting in 2009, he has a career batting average of .307, he is a 4 x all-star, 3 x World Series Champion, 2012 MVP, 2016 Gold Glove winner and a 3 x Silver Slugger winner.
Is there any doubt that he is our Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day,
"If you look at what he does and what he's meant to the team, it's night and day. There's no doubt in my mind."
--Hunter Pence, on what Posey means to the Giants
Hall of Famer, Tom Glavine was born on this day in 1966. Glavine won over 300 games in his career, most of which was played for the Braves though he did play several years with the Mets.
He was a ten time all-star, a World Series MVP and a two time Cy Young award winner. Quite an impressive resume.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"He treats every game like it's the final game of the World Series. I wish we had 23 other guys on the club like him."
--Chipper Jones, on the great Tommy Glavine
Happy Birthday to the Cardinal's Dexter Fowler, born on this day in 1986.
Of course, we remember Dexter Fowler as one of the heroes of the Cubs World Series run last year. He became the first African American to play in the World Series for the Cubs. He also became the first player to hit a home run in the first at bat of Game 7 of a World Series. Very impressive.
He played for the Cubs in 2015 and 2016 and was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals before the 2017 season.
He is today's recipient of the Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day,
"He's an exciting player and when you see him from the other dugout enough to realize he's the kind of player that can make a difference."
--Mike Matheny, talking about signing Dexter Fowler
Shout out to long time A's outfielder Dwayne Murphy who was born on this day in 1955.
He was a good hitter and terrific fielder with six gold gloves to his name. He was also known for batting behind Rickey Henderson for many years. Murphy was a great second hitter as he was willing to sacrifice strikes to give Henderson an advantage on the base paths.Henderson is regarded as the greatest lead off hitter in baseball history and holds the record for most career steals and most steals in a single season.
Today's Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day is about Murphy's role in Henderson breaking the single season steal record with 130 steals.
"If I could break this bag in half, I'd give the other half to Dwayne Murphy."
--Rickey Henderson, after Henderson received a symbolic bag for breaking the single season stolen base record
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Happy Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day to Lloyd 'Little Poison' Waner. Waner played most of his career with the Pirates, patrolling the outfield with his brother Paul. Both were selected for the Hall of Fame.
Lloyd had a career batting average of .316 with 2459 career hits. He was selected for the Hall of Fame in 1967.
"Don't think about hitting until you have seen my brother Lloyd. He's the one that can smash the potato."
--Paul Waner, talking about his brother Lloyd
